Stanford University

EE315 Design Contest

Autumn 2015 Winners:

Yu Zhong & Yujia Zhang, "A 10-bit 95-MS/s SAR ADC in 90-nm CMOS"

Anirudha Bhat & Shaun McCarthy, "10-bit 80-MS/s single-bit/cycle SAR ADC with a 198.84 fJ/MHz FOM"

Autumn 2016 Winners:

Best Methodology: Max Wang & Angad Rekhi, "A 10-bit 628 μW 102 MS/s Differential Asynchronous SAR ADC"

Most Courageous: Andrew Yu, "An 11-bit, 3.1 mW, 180-MS/s Single-Channel Loop-Unrolled SAR ADC in 90nm CMOS"

Best Presentation: Chen-Hsuan Sun & Ya-Ting Wang, "A 10-bit 100MS/s Asynchronous SAR ADC in 90nm CMOS with 120fJ/MHz FOM"

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Autumn 2017 Winners:

Spyridon Baltsavias and George Alexopoulos "A 10-Bit, 672-μW, 100-MS/s Synchronous SAR ADC in 90-nm CMOS"

Ernest So and Albert Gural, "A 10-bit 56 dB SNDR 1.4 mW 172 MS/s Asynchronous SAR ADC in 90 nm CMOS"

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Autumn 2018 Winners:

Best Practical Design: Richelle Smith & Andrew Wang, "A 10-Bit, 466 μW, 95 MS/s Differential Synchronous SAR ADC in 90-nm CMOS"

Best Adventurous Design: Luke Sammarone & Yongsheng Shi, "A 10-bit 160 MS/s 56 dB SNDR 1.24 mW Asynchronous SAR ADC"

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Autumn 2019 Winners:

High-Performance Award: Joey Yurgelon & Zeke Randolph, "A 10-Bit 200 MS/s 1.173 mW Asynchronous SAR ADC in 90 nm CMOS"

Creativity Award: Supraja Sundaresan & Camilo Saavedra, "A 132 MHz, 711 μW, 10-bit asynchronous SAR ADC"

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Autumn 2020 Winners:

Best Methodology: Siavash Kananian & Kevin Chen, "A 10-bit 107 MS/s 680 uW Synchronous SAR ADC in 90 nm CMOS Technology"

Most Courageous: Ziad Ali & Rafael Perez Martinez, "A 10-Bit, 1.537 mW, 138 MS/s Differential Asynchronous SAR ADC in 90-nm CMOS"

Autumn 2021 Winners:

Most Courageous and Creative Design: Nikhil Poole, "A 10-Bit, 180 MS/s, 1.65 mW Differential Asynchronous SAR ADC in 90nm CMOS"

Best Figure of Merit and Design Methodology: Yulin Deng & Katelyn Wiggenhorn, "A 10-bit 130 MS/s 502 μW Asynchronous SAR ADC in 90nm CMOS"

Best Practical Design: Zhidong Cao & Can Wang, "A 10-Bit, 1.02 mW, 175 MS/s Asynchronous SAR ADC with Split Capacitance DAC for fast settling in 90-nm CMOS"

Autumn 2022 Winners:

Best Design: Geneva Ecola & Shreya Narayan, "45 MSPS 10-bit Differential Successive Approximation Register Analog to Digital Converter using Modified Strong-Arm Latch in 90-nm Technology"

Most Intriguing Design: Victor Turbiner, "A Study of Second-Order Noise-Shaped SAR ADCs for Low-Precision Analog Circuits"

Previous winners: EE315A (2013-2014), EE315B (2006-20013)